Improvement in nutmeg-graters



-W. NASH.

' Nutmeg Gfranter.

No. 213,059. Ptented Mar. 11, 1879.

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WILLIAM NASH, OE NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN NUTMEG-GRATERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 13,059, dated March 1],1879; application led January 16, 1878. 1

To all 'whom'c't may concern:

Be it known that I, WiLLIAM NASH, of New- Britain, in the county ofHartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Nutmeg-Graters, of which the following is aspecification:

My invention consists in the peculiar construction of parts and in theircombination, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation ofanutmeg-grater which embodies my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional viewof the same on line :c a; of Fig. l; and l1`i g. 3 is a side elevationof the grating-disk and a detached half of the case. f

A designates the case, made in two halves, a a, preferably of castmalleable metal, and provided with a delivery-chute, b. Standing atright angles to the case is the cylindrical nutmeg-holder B, the inneropen end of which extends into the case A in close proximity to the faceof the grating-disk C.. This gratingdisk is secured to a crankshaft, D,havingits bearing in one of the halves a of the case A. Back of thegratin g-disk is a chamber, c, and nearly opposite the inner end of theholder B are three bearings, d d d, two of which are shown in Fig. 2,while in Fig. 3 the one nearest the crankshaft is represented by brokenlines, and apart of the grating-disk is broken away, in order to fullyshow one of the other bearings.

The holder B has a detachable cap or cover, c. IVithin the holder is aplunger, E, the same consisting of a rod and two separate disks, whichfit the inside of the cylindrical holder B, the rod also being providedwith thumbpad f. A handle, F, whose main direction is parallel with theholder, is attached to the holder and case.

In use a nutmeg is placed in the holder between the plunger andgrating-disk, and the second, third, and fourth fingers of the operatorsleft hand are passed through the handle, while the first finger mayextend up and rest on one side of the holder B, while the thumb isplaced on the thumb-pad j'. The crankshaft D may be revolved by theright hand.

The nutmeg can then be forced against the grating-disk by the thumb withgreater or less power under the perfect control of the operator. Thebearings opposite the holderwill support the grating-disk and prevent itfrom being deflected away from the nutmeg-holder, no matter if it is oflight and thin material, thus always insuring that the portion of saiddisk which is opposite the end of the holder will be parallel with theend of said holder.

By having two separate disks on the plunger it is guided independent ofthe detachable cover c, so that the disk which follows the nutmeg willalways be parallel to the gratingdisk, whereby it can follow the nutmegso near the grater that none of it will escape from the holder until itis wholly reduced.

The chamber c on the back of the gratingdisk allows that portion of thereduced nutmeg which goes through the grater to pass out at the chute b.f

The arrangement of the handle allows the device to be grasped in suchmanner that the plunger can be conveniently operated by the thumb, andthereby the pressure regulated to suit the operator, which cannot be thecase where a spring is employed to force the plunger toward the grater.

I am aware that nutmeg-graters having grating mechanism within suitablecases and a plunger for forcing the nutmeg 'against the grater are old.Sometimes the lcase has been provided with a handle or handles. Caseshave also been made in two halves, with a chamber and bearings behindthe grating-disk, but the combinations hereinafter claimed are believedto be new.

I claim as my invention- Y In a nutmeg-grater, the case A, provided withgrating-disk, in combination with the holder B, standing at right anglesthereto, and the handle F, one end of which is secured to the outer endof the holder and the other end to the side of the case, the main bodyof the handle extending in the same general di- "rection with and by theside ofthe holder,

substantially as described,` and for the purpose specified.

WILLIAM NASH.

Witnesses: y

JAMES SHEPARD, WILL B. THOMSON.

